The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-05-27

A1tro00ce0 - tho Urtxa9u mouse ~ Com
mons and - % Reads After tho Close q,
the Debste upon % n Committee.
LONDON, May 20-As Il has been quit,
tail tho debate IN committee on the Grimes
transmit such detail daily BY cable.
now send you, verbatim. the frat clause.
q originally brought In aud a. now fnal
" amended In committee. Tho careless
construction Of the original clause NAV "
gathered from thu numerous important
safeguards which. under pressure. Inc
government has accepted. II more res.
sonable and conciliatory disposition had
been shown by the ministers, the who's
clause might have been got through n
two nights. The hrst clause Of the bin a.
brought In was ~ follows:
ssWhenever the Attorney General 10,
ireland believes any offenso 10 which ihs
section applies has boon committed ii tie
proclaimed district, he may direc, ne
resident magistrate to hold an inquii.
under the section. Thereupon such ress
dent m agistrate may, although no person
may be charged before him with the com
mission OF such crime, sit At the police
court, or petty seasonal courthouse. o.
police station and examine on oath
concerning such offense any witness al
pearing before him; may take The
deposition Of such witnesses.
and IL he see any cause, may
bind such witness by recognizance 70 az
pear and give evidence at the next petty
sessions, or when called upon within
three months from the date OF such recog.
nixance. Tho enactments relating "a
I compelling the attendance OF witness
Y before the justice and to the witness AZ
( tending before the said justice, being re
quired to give evidence concerning any
\ matter OF information or complaint fot
an indctable ohensc, shall apply for the
purposes Of this section a. II they were
rc-enacted herein and in terms made ap,
plicable thereto"
/ THE AMENDED CLAUSE
The bill, a. amended in committee, is as
follows: sWhcre sworn information has
been made that any onensc to which this
section applies has been committed in
procl aimed district, the Attorney General
for Ireland may, IL he thinks fit. by order.
in writing. under his hand, direct resi-
dent magistrate, Of whose legal knowl-
edge and legal experience the Lord
Chancellor shall be satisfied. 70
hold an inquiry under this
section. Thcrcupon, such resident magis-
tratc may, n he so THINKS n,
although no person may Be- charged
before him with the commission q such
crime, sit at the police court where me
offcnsc has been committed. In Dublin O.
az the place where the petty sessions foF
the petty seasonal district In which said
ofYensc has been committed, are usually
held, examine on oath concerning such
offense any person whom he has reason
to believe 70 be capable Of giving material
evidence concerning such onense'
other than any person confesslng
himself or herself TO be The
offender. or the husband or wife Of such
person. and shall take the statement q
such witness: and II he see cause shall
bind such witness BY his own recognI
rance 10 appear aud give evidence AZ ne
next petty session, or when called upon
within three months from the date OF such
rccognizance, provided no sitting Of any
inquiry under this section shall commence
except between tho hours Of 10 N.
and .. m; provided, also, that short
hand writer shall be in attendance a. such
injuries. and shall take down the cues
tons OF the magistrate and the answers
OF each witness; provided, also, that upon
any person being accused OF a crime, re-
specting which inquiry under this section
has been neld, such accused person Or hls
solicitor, upon being returned for trial
shall forthwith Be supplied with copies q
all dispositions taken II any inquiry under
this section, Of any witness to be called
against him.
OLD ACTS APPLICABLE
The enactments contained in the petty
sessions OF Ireland. act 1851, section y
relating to the compelling OF the attend
ancc OF witnesses before justice. and y
the witness attending before . justice
being required to give evidence concern
: Ing . matter OF an information or com
plant for an indictablc oflcnsc; or 90
, corning matter Of information or con
plant, in respect Of an offense pun
ishablc upon summary conviction, q
the case may be. shall apply
for the purpose Of this section q
IL they were re-enacted herein, and n
terms made applicable thereto; provided
In case warrant shall DO issued for thc
arrest OF any witnesses IN the first m
stance without any summons having prev
iously been served or disobcycd, such
J witness shall, on demand, be entitled Z
receive from the resident magistrate hold
ing the inquiry : copy Of the information
or complaint on which the warrant lot ~
arrest was issued
aWhere q witness, examined at such In
quiry under this section, - under the az
, OF twelve years, the parent or guardla
OF such witness, or the relative or frien
with whom such witness usually resides
shall be entitled TO attend At such IN
. quiry.
THE resident magistrate holding an IN
! curry under this section, shall himsel
. conduct such inquiry, and shall not per
! init any othcr person 70 question or e.
: anime any witncss."
/ The nrst additional provision was IN
| serted 1t the instance Of Marum; the sec
ond and NTH provisions and the two con
Guiding sections, inserted At the instanc
, Of Hcaly; the fourth II the instance &
! Healy, with amendments By the govern
mcnt In this fourth provision II will ,
seen that according to the draft the sole
I itor il to be returned for trial In addit'o
\ to the client
. Fstai Fracas Between Circus Men